Scholars Program

The Foundation is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of focused ultrasound clinicians and scientists.

Fellowships

The Richard Merkin Visiting Fellowship in Focused Ultrasound is a fellowship program with the with the goal of expanding the global network and collaboration between the technical or preclinical researchers, an/or the clinical focused ultrasound providers and the Focused Ultrasound Foundation. This Fellowship will foster collaboration between the Foundation, the Fellow's home institution, and other institutions as relevant.

Fellows benefit from the Foundation’s wide expertise in focused ultrasound, and will have the opportunity to seek out and work closely with other investigators and clinicians throughout the Foundation’s network of research sites to stimulate the development of new translational and clinical research projects. It is expected that the Fellow will propose and design his or her own original research project in focused ultrasound.

The Foundation is now accepting applications for the fellowship position, which will be open starting Summer 2019. Please send CV, biosketch, and desired start-dates to to commence the application process. The official 2019 position announcement is available here.

Internships

In 2018, the Foundation's internship program was named in memory of Board of Directors member Charles Steger, PhD. The Charles Steger Focused Ultrasound Internship Program encompasses the the Foundation’s local and global internship programs. Integral to the Foundation’s mission, these internships are designed to foster interest of focused ultrasound technology among the next generation of researchers.

Local Internships

Launched in June 2012, this program enables bright and gifted students to work on a variety of research projects in collaboration with the Foundation’s scientific and medical team. Intern projects represent valuable contributions to the field of focused ultrasound. The Foundation employs interns year-round, with a greater number of available positions during the summer months.To apply, please send your resume along with a cover letter to .

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation offers an international internship opportunity for high-school and university undergraduate students interested in the physical and life sciences. Interns supported through this program will work in an established focused ultrasound laboratory under a researcher recognized in the field.

2018 Global Interns

Student Name

Mentor Name

Institution

Neema Ahmadian

Shima Shahab, M.S., Ph.D.

Virginia Tech

Dylan Beam

Vibhor Krishna, M.D., MBBS

Ohio State University

Anastasia Bobina

Oleg Sapozhnikov, M.S., Ph.D., D.Sc.

Moscow State University

Adam Canfield

Phillip Jason White, Ph.D.

Harvard University

Megan Dearden

Doug Christensen, M.S., Ph.D.

University of Utah

Nikolas Evripidou

Christakis Damianou, M.S., Ph.D.

Cyprus University of Technology

Maeghan Garrison

Wilson Miller, Ph.D.

University of Virginia, School of Medicine

Tejas Karwa

Indranil Basu, Ph.D., MBA

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Hohyun Lee

Costas Arvanitis, Ph.D.

Georgia Tech

Qingxi (Brooke) Ma

Barbara Waszczak, Ph.D.

Northeastern University

Craig Macsemchuk

Samuel Pichardo, Ph.D.

Calgary University

Chris Margraf

Timothy Bullock, Ph.D.

University of Virginia, School of Medicine

Sophie Meyer

Rich Price, M.S., Ph.D.

University of Virginia, Biomedical Engineering

Swadhin Nalubola

Rao Gullapalli, M.S., Ph.D., MBA

University of Maryland

Somang Paeng

Eun-Joo Park, M.S., Ph.D.

Seoul National University Hospital

Ekaterina Ponomarchuk

Vera Khokhlova, M.S., Ph.D., D.Sc.

Moscow State University

Dia Shah

Indranil Basu, Ph.D., MBA

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Alexander Simon

Eli Vlaisavljevich, Ph.D.

Virginia Tech

James Woznak

Kevin Lee, Ph.D.

University of Virginia, School of Medicine

Lin Zhang

Eisa Konofagou, Ph.D.

Columbia University

Funded Fellows

The following Fellows were funded through the Foundation’s original Fellowship program, which is currently on hold, pending additional funding.